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Who Moved My Cheese?

Who Moved My Cheese?. Spencer Johnson. ...An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and In Your Life. Characters. Sniff , a mouse Scurry , a mouse Hem , a littleperson Haw , a littleperson. Location of Story… a maze , with a labyrinth of corridors and chambers in a land far away.

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Who Moved My Cheese?

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  1. Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson

  2. ...An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and In Your Life

  3. Characters • Sniff, a mouse • Scurry, a mouse • Hem, a littleperson • Haw, a littleperson

  4. Location of Story…a maze, with a labyrinth ofcorridors and chambers in a land far away.

  5. “The best laid schemes o’ mice and men often go astray.” Robert Burns 1759-1796

  6. Plot: CHANGE happens as 4 characters search for “cheese:” • Job • Relationship • Money • Big House • Freedom • Health • Recognition • Spiritual Peace

  7. Analysis of Characters Sniff & Scurry-simple rodent brains, good instincts, searched for hard nibbling cheese. Hem & Haw-complex human brains, filled with many beliefs, searching for Cheese (with capitol C) to make them happy and successful. Commonality-jogging suit & shoes, leave home each day & race through maze in search of cheese.

  8. The story unfolds...

  9. Eventually, each discovers what they are looking for-their ownkind of cheese-at the end of one of the corridors in Cheese Station C.

  10. Afterwards, routines were established. Sniff & Scurry continued to wake early and race to the cheese, then enjoy. Hem & Haw developed a slower routine, assuming their cheese would always be there.

  11. Hem & Haw made themselves at home and decorated their walls with sayings: Having Cheese Makes You Happy “Having Cheese Makes You Happy.”

  12. One morning, Sniff & Scurry discovered no cheese! • Weren’t surprised. • Had noticed the pile getting smaller. • Prepared for the inevitable. • Knew instinctively what to do. • Didn’t overanalyze things. • Problem and answer were simple-CHANGE

  13. Later the same day, Hem & Haw arrive... • Not paying attention to small changes • Took for granted that cheese would be there • Hem-screamed and hollered • Haw-disbelief and shock-tuned out • Hem’s cheese- “in charge” • Haw’s cheese-safe, loving family & home

  14. Haw wrote a message on the wall: The more important your cheese is to you the more you want to hold on to it.

  15. Where were Sniff & Scurry? Cheese Station N: a great supply of new cheese!!!

  16. It took Haw a long time to realize the difference between activity and productivity...

  17. In an attempt to cheer Hem up, Haw wrote another “thought” on the wall: If You Do Not Change, You Can Become Extinct.

  18. Haw wrote yet another saying on the wall ahead of him and stared at it: What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid?

  19. As Haw searched for new Cheese, he began to realize some things: • Things had changed since the last time he was in the maze. • Hunting for Cheese wasn’t as bad as he’d feared. • He was taking control rather than letting things happen to him. • The cheese hadn’t disappeared overnight. • He should have been aware of changes.

  20. Change Happens. Anticipate Change Monitor Change Adapt to Change Quinckly Change! Enjoy Change!!! Be Ready to Change Again Quickly and Enjoy It Again.

  21. Haw often prayed that his friend would finally be able to Move With the Cheese and Enjoy It!

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